Colonies & Founders
This colony was founded in 1620 by Separatists aboard the Mayflower.
What is Plymouth?
The Pilgrims who settled Plymouth followed this branch of Protestantism.
What is Puritanism (or Separatist Puritanism)?
One staple occupation in early New England was cutting down these and exporting them to Europe.
What is timber/lumber?
The New England colonies are located on this coast of North America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean
This was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, signed in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
He led the Massachusetts Bay Company and served as its first governor in 1630.
Who is John Winthrop?
This 1638 document granted an early form of religious self-government in Connecticut
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This trade involved rum, molasses, and slaves, was integral to colonial New England’s economy.
What is the triangular trade?
New England winters are known for being this.
What is cold (or harsh)?
Who could vote in the New England colonies?
Who are the white men who owned land?
This colony, established by Roger Williams in 1636 after being banished from Massachusetts, emphasized religious freedom.
What is Rhode Island?
This minister’s preaching in Salem led to the infamous witch trials of 1692.
Who is Reverend Samuel Parris?
In the early colonial period, this type of small-scale farm was common—families grew a variety of crops primarily for their own use.
What is a subsistence farm?
These coastal water features were important for fishing and trade in New England.
What are harbors?
This 17th-century trial reflected the Puritans’ harsh penalties for moral infractions, leading to executions.
What are the Salem witch trials?
Anne Hutchinson was exiled from Massachusetts for holding these kinds of meetings critical of colonial ministers.
What are dissenting religious meetings?
The principle that church and government should be separate, as advocated by Roger Williams, is known as this.
What is the separation of church and state?
This New England port city became a major shipbuilding center by the mid-18th century.
What is Boston?
Why was farming difficult in New England?
What is because of the rocky soil and short growing season?
He was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for advocating for the separation of church and state and went on to found Rhode Island.
Who is Roger Williams?
He founded a colony in 1638 based on trade and good relations with Native Americans at what became New Hampshire.
Who is John Wheelwright?
In 1662, this Puritan concept allowed the children of baptized but unconverted church members to be baptized themselves.
What is the Half-Way Covenant?
This industry, besides fishing, helped establish New England as a trade center.
What is shipping (or shipbuilding)?
The economy of New England was primarily based on what two things?
Trees (lumber) and fishing
This 1691 charter merged the Massachusetts Bay Colony with Plymouth and allowed religious non-Puritan (e.g. Anglican) participation in government.
What is the Massachusetts Charter of 1691?